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EP1945252A1 - Adjuvans-vakzine mit nicht-virionen-antigenen aus influenza-viren, die in zellkulturen gezüchtet wurden - Google Patents

Adjuvans-vakzine mit nicht-virionen-antigenen aus influenza-viren, die in zellkulturen gezüchtet wurden

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EP1945252A1
EP1945252A1 EP06808424A EP06808424A EP1945252A1 EP 1945252 A1 EP1945252 A1 EP 1945252A1 EP 06808424 A EP06808424 A EP 06808424A EP 06808424 A EP06808424 A EP 06808424A EP 1945252 A1 EP1945252 A1 EP 1945252A1
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Derek O'hagan
Giuseppe Del Giudice
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  • TECHNICAL FIELD This invention is in the field of adjuvanted vaccines for protecting against influenza virus infection.
  • influenza virus growth in vaccine manufacture uses embryonated SPF hen eggs, with virus being purified from the egg contents (allantoic fluid). More recently, however, viruses have been grown in cell culture, and this method has the potential for producing larger quantities of antigen in a shorter time. In addition, it offers the ability to produce viruses which, due to their avian pathogenicity, cannot be grown in eggs.
  • influenza virus vaccine Various forms of influenza virus vaccine are currently available (e.g. see chapters 17 & 18 of reference 2). Many vaccines are based on live virus or inactivated virus, with inactivated vaccines being based on whole virions, 'split' virions, or on purified surface antigens (including hemagglutinin and neuraminidase). The failed PREFLUCELTM product used whole influenza virions.
  • the use of whole virions may be associated with increased reactogenicity [3].
  • the invention does not use a whole virion antigen i.e. it uses a non-virion antigen (e.g. a split virion, or purified surface antigens).
  • the antigens are derived from virus grown in cell culture. While T cell responses were reported [1] to be enhanced when using whole virions grown in cell culture, however, the data herein show only modest T cell responses when using non-virion antigens. To provide enhanced T cell responses, therefore, the invention combines the non-virion antigens with an adjuvant.
  • the PREFLUCELTM product did not include an adjuvant, and adding adjuvants to influenza vaccines has previously been linked to potential hypersensitivity.
  • reference 4 reports that an alum-adjuvanted influenza vaccine could sensitize guinea pigs, while unadjuvanted vaccine did not, and that the anaphylactogenic activity of egg proteins was significantly increased by the adjuvant.
  • reference 5 reported that adsorption of influenza virus antigen to aluminum salts led to earlier ovalbumin sensitization compared to unadjuvanted antigen.
  • reference 6 reports that animals who previously received alum-adjuvanted ovalbumin showed an exacerbated allergic response during the early stages of an influenza virus infection.
  • Hypersensitivity to vaccine components is a particular problem for influenza vaccines, as they are usually administered every year.
  • the invention also advantageously avoids any ovalbumin-linked concerns, which could become more apparent as influenza vaccination becomes more widespread (e.g. as immunization is extended to patient groups who have not previously been indicated for vaccination, and as the proportion of patients who are immunized in indicated target groups increases).
  • an immunogenic composition comprising: (i) a non- virion influenza virus antigen, prepared from a virus grown in cell culture; and (ii) an adjuvant.
  • the invention also provides a method for preparing an immunogenic composition comprising the steps of combining: (i) a non-virion influenza virus antigen prepared from a virus grown in cell culture; and (ii) an adjuvant.
  • the invention also provides a kit comprising: (i) a first kit component comprising a non-virion influenza virus antigen prepared from a virus grown in cell culture; and (ii) a second kit component comprising an adjuvant.
  • the influenza virus antigen typically comprises an influenza virus haemagglutinin.
  • the adjuvant is preferably an oil-in-water emulsion adjuvant, such as MF59, and more preferably does not include any aluminum salt(s). Oil-in-water emulsions have been found to enhance influenza-specific T cell responses, and they can also enhance memory B cell responses. In addition, they can improve cross-reactivity against heterovariant influenza strains, such that a vaccine may induce protective immunity even if the vaccine strain does not match the circulating strain.
  • influenza virus antigen The influenza virus antigen
  • compositions of the invention include an antigen which is prepared from influenza virions obtained after viral growth in a cell line.
  • the antigen is a non- virion antigen, and will typically comprise haemagglutinin.
  • the invention does not encompass vaccines that use a live virus or a whole virion inactivated virus.
  • the antigens invention are non- virion antigens, such as split virions, or purified surface antigens (including hemagglutinin and, usually, also including neuraminidase).
  • Virions can be harvested from virus-containing fluids by various methods. For example, a purification process may involve zonal centrifugation using a linear sucrose gradient solution that includes detergent to disrupt the virions. Antigens may then be purified, after optional dilution, by diafiltration.
  • Split virions are obtained by treating purified virions with detergents ⁇ e.g. ethyl ether, polysorbate 80, deoxycholate, tri-N-butyl phosphate, Triton X-100, Triton ⁇ 101, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, Tergitol ⁇ P9, etc.) to produce subvirion preparations, including the 'Tween-ether' splitting process.
  • detergents ⁇ e.g. ethyl ether, polysorbate 80, deoxycholate, tri-N-butyl phosphate, Triton X-100, Triton ⁇ 101, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, Tergitol ⁇ P9, etc.
  • Methods of splitting influenza viruses are well known in the art e.g. see refs. 14-19, etc.
  • Splitting of the virus is typically carried out by disrupting or fragmenting whole virus, whether infectious or non-infectious with a disrupting concentration of a splitting
  • Preferred splitting agents are non-ionic and ionic (e.g. cationic) surfactants e.g. alkylglycosides, alkylthioglycosides, acyl sugars, sulphobetaines, betains, polyoxyethylenealkylethers, N,N-dialkyl-Glucamides, Hecameg, alkylphenoxy-polyethoxyethanols, quaternary ammonium compounds, sarcosyl, CTABs (cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromides), tri-N-butyl phosphate, Cetavlon, myristyltrimethylammonium salts, lipofectin, lipofectamine, and DOT-MA, the octyl- or nonylphenoxy polyoxyethanols (e.g.
  • Triton surfactants such as Triton X-100 or Triton Nl 01
  • polyoxy ethylene sorbitan esters the Tween surfactants
  • polyoxyethylene ethers polyoxyethlene esters, etc.
  • One useful splitting procedure uses the consecutive effects of sodium deoxycholate and formaldehyde, and splitting can take place during initial virion purification (e.g. in a sucrose density gradient solution).
  • a splitting process can involve clarification of the virion-containing material (to remove non-virion material), concentration of the harvested virions (e.g.
  • split virions can usefully be resuspended in sodium phosphate-buffered isotonic sodium chloride solution.
  • the BEGRIVACTM, FLUARIXTM, FLUZONETM and FLUSHIELDTM products are split vaccines.
  • Purified surface antigen vaccines comprise the influenza surface antigens haemagglutinin and, typically, also neuraminidase. Processes for preparing these proteins in purified form are well known in the art.
  • the FLUVIRINTM, AGRIPPALTM and INFLUVACTM products are subunit vaccines.
  • Influenza antigens can also be presented in the form of virosomes [20] (nucleic acid free viral-like liposomal particles), as in the INFLEXAL VTM and INV A V ACTM products, but it is preferred not to use virosomes with the present invention.
  • the influenza antigen is not in the form of a virosome.
  • the influenza virus may be attenuated.
  • the influenza virus may be temperature-sensitive.
  • the influenza virus may be cold-adapted.
  • Influenza virus strains for use in vaccines change from season to season.
  • vaccines typically include two influenza A strains (HlNl and H3N2) and one influenza B strain, and trivalent vaccines are typical.
  • the invention may also use viruses from pandemic strains (i.e. strains to which the vaccine recipient and the general human population are immunologically naive), such as H2, H5, H7 or H9 subtype strains (in particular of influenza A virus), and influenza vaccines for pandemic strains may be monovalent or may be based on a normal trivalent vaccine supplemented by a pandemic strain.
  • the invention may protect against one or more of influenza A virus hemagglutinin subtypes Hl, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8, H9, HlO, HI l, H12, H13, H14, H15 or H16.
  • the invention may protect against one or more of influenza A virus NA subtypes Nl, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8 or N9.
  • the adjuvanted compositions of the invention are particularly useful for immunizing against pandemic strains.
  • the characteristics of an influenza strain that give it the potential to cause a pandemic outbreak are: (a) it contains a new hemagglutinin compared to the hemagglutinins in currently-circulating human strains, i.e. one that has not been evident in the human population for over a decade (e.g. H2), or has not previously been seen at all in the human population (e.g.
  • H5, H6 or H9 that have generally been found only in bird populations), such that the human population will be immunologically na ⁇ ve to the strain's hemagglutinin; (b) it is capable of being transmitted horizontally in the human population; and (c) it is pathogenic to humans.
  • a virus with H5 haemagglutinin type is preferred for immunising against pandemic influenza, such as a H5N1 strain.
  • Other possible strains include H5N3, H9N2,
  • H2N2, H7N1 and H7N7 and any other emerging potentially pandemic strains.
  • a virus may fall into HA clade 1, HA clade 1', HA clade 2 or HA clade 3 [21], with clades 1 and 3 being particularly relevant.
  • Other strains that can usefully be included in the compositions are strains which are resistant to antiviral therapy (e.g. resistant to oseltamivir [22] and/or zanamivir), including resistant pandemic strains [23].
  • compositions of the invention may include antigen(s) from one or more (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or more) influenza virus strains, including influenza A virus and/or influenza B virus.
  • Monovalent vaccines are not preferred, and where a vaccine includes more than one strain of influenza, the different strains are typically grown separately and are mixed after the viruses have been harvested and antigens have been prepared.
  • a process of the invention may include the step of mixing antigens from more than one influenza strain.
  • a trivalent vaccine is preferred, including two influenza A virus strains and one influenza B virus strain.
  • the compositions may include antigen from a single influenza A strain. In some embodiments, the compositions may include antigen from two influenza A strains, provided that these two strains are not HlNl and H3N2. In some embodiments, the compositions may include antigen from more than two influenza A strains.
  • the influenza virus may be a reassortant strain, and may have been obtained by reverse genetics techniques. Reverse genetics techniques [e.g. 24-28] allow influenza viruses with desired genome segments to be prepared in vitro using plasmids. Typically, it involves expressing (a) DNA molecules that encode desired viral RNA molecules e.g. from poll promoters, and (b) DNA molecules that encode viral proteins e.g.
  • the DNA preferably provides all of the viral RNA and proteins, but it is also possible to use a helper virus to provide some of the RNA and proteins. Plasmid-based methods using separate plasmids for producing each viral RNA are preferred [29-31], and these methods will also involve the use of plasmids to express all or some (e.g. just the PBl, PB2, PA and NP proteins) of the viral proteins, with 12 plasmids being used in some methods.
  • RNA polymerase I transcription cassettes for viral RNA synthesis
  • a plurality of protein-coding regions with RNA polymerase II promoters on another plasmid e.g. sequences encoding 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or all 8 influenza A mRNA transcripts.
  • Preferred aspects of the reference 32 method involve: (a) PBl, PB2 and PA mRNA-encoding regions on a single plasmid; and (b) all 8 vRNA-encoding segments on a single plasmid. Including the NA and HA segments on one plasmid and the six other segments on another plasmid can also facilitate matters.
  • bacteriophage polymerase promoters As an alternative to using poll promoters to encode the viral RNA segments, it is possible to use bacteriophage polymerase promoters [33]. For instance, promoters for the SP6, T3 or T7 polymerases can conveniently be used. Because of the species-specificity of poll promoters, bacteriophage polymerase promoters can be more convenient for many cell types (e.g. MDCK), although a cell must also be transfected with a plasmid encoding the exogenous polymerase enzyme.
  • bacteriophage polymerase promoters can be more convenient for many cell types (e.g. MDCK), although a cell must also be transfected with a plasmid encoding the exogenous polymerase enzyme.
  • the virus particularly an influenza A virus
  • the invention protects against a strain that is capable of human-to-human transmission, and so the strain's genome will usually include at least one RNA segment that originated in a mammalian (e.g. in a human) influenza virus. It may include NS segment that originated in an avian influenza virus.
  • the viruses used as the source of the antigens are grown on cell culture.
  • the cell substrate will typically be a mammalian cell line. Suitable mammalian cells of origin include, but are not limited to, hamster, cattle, primate (including humans and monkeys) and dog cells. Various cell types may be used, such as kidney cells, fibroblasts, retinal cells, lung cells, etc. Examples of suitable hamster cells are the cell lines having the names BHK21 or HKCC. Suitable monkey cells are e.g. African green monkey cells, such as kidney cells as in the Vero cell line. Suitable dog cells are e.g. kidney cells, as in the MDCK cell line.
  • suitable cell lines include, but are not limited to: MDCK; CHO; 293T; BHK; Vero; MRC-5; PER.C6; WI-38; etc.
  • the use of mammalian cells means that vaccines can be free from chicken DNA, as well as being free from egg proteins (such as ovalbumin and ovomucoid).
  • Preferred mammalian cell lines for growing influenza viruses include: MDCK cells [36- 39], derived from Madin Darby canine kidney; Vero cells [40-42], derived from African green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) kidney; or PER.C6 cells [43], derived from human embryonic retinoblasts. These cell lines are widely available e.g.
  • ATCC American Type Cell Culture
  • ECACC European Collection of Cell Cultures
  • the ATCC supplies various different Vero cells under catalog numbers CCL-81, CCL-81.2, CRL- 1586 and CRL- 1587, and it supplies MDCK cells under catalog number CCL-34.
  • PER.C6 is available from the ECACC under deposit number 96022940.
  • virus can be grown on avian cell lines [e.g. refs. 46-48], including cell lines derived from ducks (e.g. duck retina) or hens e.g. chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF), avian embryonic stem cells [46, 49], including the EBx cell line derived from chicken embryonic stem cells, EB45, EB 14, and EB 14-074 [50], etc.
  • the most preferred cell lines for growing influenza viruses are MDCK cell lines.
  • the original MDCK cell line is available from the ATCC as CCL-34, but derivatives of this cell line may also be used.
  • reference 36 discloses a MDCK cell line that was adapted for growth in suspension culture ('MDCK 33016', deposited as DSM ACC 2219).
  • reference 51 discloses a MDCK-derived cell line that grows in suspension in serum-free culture ('B-702', deposited as FERM BP-7449).
  • Reference 52 discloses non-tumorigenic MDCK cells, including 'MDCK-S' (ATCC PTA-6500), 'MDCK-SFlOl' (ATCC PTA-6501), 'MDCK-SF102' (ATCC PTA- 6502) and 'MDCK-SFlOS' (PTA-6503).
  • Reference 53 discloses MDCK cell lines with high susceptibility to infection, including 'MDCK.5F1' cells (ATCC CRL-12042). Any of these MDCK cell lines can be used.
  • the cell culture used for growth, and also the viral inoculum used to start the culture is preferably free from (i.e. will have been tested for and given a negative result for contamination by) herpes simplex virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus 3, SARS coronavirus, adenovirus, rhinovirus, reoviruses, polyomaviruses, birnaviruses, circoviruses, and/or parvoviruses [54]. Absence of herpes simplex viruses is particularly preferred.
  • Virus may be grown on cells in suspension [36,55,56] or in adherent culture.
  • One suitable MDCK cell line for suspension culture is MDCK 33016 (deposited as DSM ACC 2219).
  • microcarrier culture can be used.
  • the cell lines are preferably grown in serum-free culture media and/or protein free media.
  • a medium is referred to as a serum-free medium in the context of the present invention in which there are no additives from serum of human or animal origin.
  • Protein-free is understood to mean cultures in which multiplication of the cells occurs with exclusion of proteins, growth factors, other protein additives and non-serum proteins, but can optionally include proteins such as trypsin or other proteases that may be necessary for viral growth.
  • the cells growing in such cultures naturally contain proteins themselves.
  • the cell lines are preferably cultured for growth at below 37 0 C [57] (e.g. 30-36 0 C, or at about 30 0 C, 31°C, 32°C, 33°C, 34°C, 35°C, 36°C), for example during viral replication.
  • 37 0 C [57] e.g. 30-36 0 C, or at about 30 0 C, 31°C, 32°C, 33°C, 34°C, 35°C, 36°C
  • the method for propagating virus in cultured cells generally includes the steps of inoculating the cultured cells with the strain to be cultured, cultivating the infected cells for a desired time period for virus propagation, such as for example as determined by virus titer or antigen expression (e.g. between 24 and 168 hours after inoculation) and collecting the propagated virus.
  • the cultured cells are inoculated with a virus (measured by PFU or TCID 50 ) to cell ratio of 1:500 to 1:1, preferably
  • the virus is added to a suspension of the cells or is applied to a monolayer of the cells, and the virus is absorbed on the cells for at least 60 minutes but usually less than 300 minutes, preferably between 90 and 240 minutes at 25 0 C to 4O 0 C, preferably
  • the infected cell culture (e.g. monolayers) may be removed either by freeze-thawing or by enzymatic action to increase the viral content of the harvested culture supernatants.
  • the harvested fluids are then either inactivated or stored frozen.
  • Cultured cells may be infected at a multiplicity of infection ("m.o.i.") of about 0.0001 to 10, preferably 0.002 to 5, more preferably to
  • the cells are infected at a m.o.i of about 0.01. Infected cells may be harvested 30 to 60 hours post infection. Preferably, the cells are harvested 34 to 48 hours post infection. Still more preferably, the cells are harvested 38 to 40 hours post infection.
  • Proteases typically trypsin
  • the proteases can be added at any suitable stage during the culture.
  • Haemagglutinin is the main immunogen in inactivated influenza vaccines, and vaccine doses are standardised by reference to HA levels, typically as measured by a single radial immunodiffution
  • SRID SRID assay.
  • Existing vaccines typically contain about 15 ⁇ g of HA per strain, although the inclusion of an adjuvant advantageously means that lower doses can be used.
  • Fractional doses such as Vi ⁇ i.e. 7.5 ⁇ g HA per strain), 1 A and Vs have been used [9,13] , as have higher doses (e.g. 3x or 9x doses [58,59]).
  • Thus vaccines may include between 0.1 and 150 ⁇ g of HA per influenza strain, preferably between 0.1 and 50 ⁇ g e.g. 0.1-20 ⁇ g, 0.1-15 ⁇ g, 0.1-10 ⁇ g, 0.1-7.5 ⁇ g, 0.5-5 ⁇ g, etc.
  • Particular doses include e.g. about 15, about 10, about 7.5, about 5, about 3.8, about 1.9, about 1.5, etc. per strain.
  • TCID 50 median tissue culture infectious dose
  • HA used with the invention may be a natural HA as found in a virus, or may have been modified. For instance, it is known to modify HA to remove determinants (e.g. hyper-basic regions around the cleavage site between HAl and HA2) that cause a virus to be highly pathogenic in avian species.
  • determinants e.g. hyper-basic regions around the cleavage site between HAl and HA2
  • compositions of the invention may include detergent e.g. a polyoxyethylene sorbitan ester surfactant (known as 'Tweens'), an octoxynol (such as octoxynol-9 (Triton X-100) or t-octylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol), a cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide ('CTAB'), or sodium deoxycholate, particularly for a split or surface antigen vaccine.
  • the detergent may be present only at trace amounts.
  • the vaccine may included less than lmg/ml of each of octoxynol- 10 and polysorbate 80.
  • Other residual components in trace amounts could be antibiotics (e.g. neomycin, kanamycin, polymyxin B).
  • Vaccines of the invention may include matrix protein, in order to benefit from the additional T cell epitopes that are located within this antigen.
  • a vaccine that includes haemagglutinin and neuraminidase may additionally include Ml and/or M2 matrix protein.
  • M2 matrix protein inclusion of detectable levels of M2 matrix protein is preferred.
  • Nucleoprotein may also be present.
  • non-virion antigens can in some embodiments of the invention be prepared by expression in a recombinant host.
  • haemagglutinin and/or neuraminidase can be expressed in a recombinant host (e.g. in an insect cell line using a baculovirus vector) [60,61].
  • Vaccines of the invention preferably contain less than IOng (preferably less than Ing, and more preferably less than lOOpg) of residual host cell DNA per dose, although trace amounts of host cell DNA may be present.
  • Contaminating DNA can be removed during vaccine preparation using standard purification procedures e.g. chromatography, etc. Removal of residual host cell DNA can be enhanced by nuclease treatment e.g. by using a DNase.
  • a convenient method for reducing host cell DNA contamination is disclosed in references 62 & 63, involving a two-step treatment, first using a DNase ⁇ e.g. Benzonase) , which may be used during viral growth, and then a cationic detergent ⁇ e.g. CTAB), which may be used during virion disruption.
  • Treatment with an alkylating agent, such as ⁇ -propiolactone can also be used to remove host cell DNA, and advantageously may also be used to inactivate virions [64].
  • Vaccines containing ⁇ 10ng ⁇ e.g. ⁇ lng, ⁇ 100pg) host cell DNA per 15 ⁇ g of haemagglutinin are preferred, as are vaccines containing ⁇ 10ng ⁇ e.g. ⁇ lng, ⁇ 100pg) host cell DNA per 0.25ml volume.
  • Vaccines containing ⁇ 10ng ⁇ e.g. ⁇ lng, ⁇ 100pg) host cell DNA per 50 ⁇ g of haemagglutinin are more preferred, as are vaccines containing ⁇ 10ng ⁇ e.g. ⁇ lng, ⁇ 100pg) host cell DNA per 0.5ml volume.
  • the average length of any residual host cell DNA is less than 500bp e.g. less than 400bp, less than 300bp, less than 200bp, less than lOObp, etc.
  • Measurement of residual host cell DNA is now a routine regulatory requirement for biologicals and is within the normal capabilities of the skilled person.
  • the assay used to measure DNA will typically be a validated assay [65,66].
  • the performance characteristics of a validated assay can be described in mathematical and quantifiable terms, and its possible sources of error will have been identified.
  • the assay will generally have been tested for characteristics such as accuracy, precision, specificity. Once an assay has been calibrated ⁇ e.g. against known standard quantities of host cell DNA) and tested then quantitative DNA measurements can be routinely performed.
  • hybridization methods such as Southern blots or slot blots [67]
  • immunoassay methods such as the ThresholdTM System [68]
  • quantitative PCR PCR
  • a typical assay involves non-sequence-specific formation of a reaction complex between a biotinylated ssDNA binding protein, a urease-conjugated anti-ssDNA antibody, and DNA. All assay components are included in the complete Total DNA Assay Kit available from the manufacturer. Various commercial manufacturers offer quantitative PCR assays for detecting residual host cell DNA e.g. AppTecTM Laboratory Services, BioRelianceTM, Althea Technologies, etc. A comparison of a chemiluminescent hybridisation assay and the total DNA ThresholdTM system for measuring host cell DNA contamination of a human viral vaccine can be found in reference 70.
  • the adjuvant Compositions of the invention include an adjuvant, which can function to enhance the T cell responses elicited in a patient who receives the composition e.g. enhance the number of T cells in the patient that release cytokines specifically in response to stimulation by an influenza antigen.
  • references 7-13 disclose the use of aluminum salt adjuvants with influenza virus antigens. Although aluminum salts can be used with the invention, they are preferably avoided i.e. it is preferred that the adjuvant does not consist of one or more aluminum salts. Aluminum sensitization has been reported [71-77].
  • the most preferred adjuvants for use with the invention comprise oil-in-water emulsions, as described in more detail below.
  • Other adjuvants that can be used include, but are not limited to:
  • a mineral-containing composition including calcium salts and aluminum salts (or mixtures thereof).
  • Calcium salts include calcium phosphate ⁇ e.g. the "CAP" particles disclosed in ref.
  • Aluminum salts (which are not preferred adjuvants for use with the invention) include hydroxides ⁇ e.g. oxyhydroxides), phosphates ⁇ e.g. hydroxyphosphates, orthophosphates), sulfates, etc. [e.g. see chapters 8 & 9 of ref. 79], with the salts taking any suitable form ⁇ e.g. gel, crystalline, amorphous, etc.). Adsorption to these salts is preferred.
  • the mineral containing compositions may also be formulated as a particle of metal salt [80].
  • Saponins [chapter 22 of ref. 118], which are a heterologous group of sterol glycosides and triterpenoid glycosides that are found in the bark, leaves, stems, roots and even flowers of a wide range of plant species. Saponin from the bark of the QuiUaia saponaria Molina tree have been widely studied as adjuvants. Saponin can also be commercially obtained from Smilax ornata (sarsaprilla), Gypsophilla paniculata (brides veil), and Saponaria officianalis
  • Saponin adjuvant formulations include purified formulations, such as QS21, as well as lipid formulations, such as ISCOMs.
  • QS21 is marketed as StimulonTM.
  • Saponin compositions have been purified using HPLC and RP-HPLC. Specific purified fractions using these techniques have been identified, including QS7, QS 17, QS 18, QS21, QH-A, QH- B and QH-C.
  • the saponin is QS21.
  • a method of production of QS21 is disclosed in ref. 81.
  • Saponin formulations may also comprise a sterol, such as cholesterol [82].
  • ISCOMs immunostimulating complexs
  • a phospholipid such as phosphatidylethanolamine or phosphatidylcholine.
  • saponin can be used in ISCOMs.
  • the ISCOM includes one or more of
  • CT pertussis toxin
  • PT pertussis toxin
  • ADP-ribosylating toxins as mucosal adjuvants is described in ref. 91 and as parenteral adjuvants in ref. 92.
  • Bioadhesives and mucoadhesives such as esterified hyaluronic acid microspheres [93] or chitosan and its derivatives [94].
  • Microparticles ⁇ i.e. a particle of -lOOnm to ⁇ 150 ⁇ m in diameter, more preferably ⁇ 200nm to ⁇ 30 ⁇ m in diameter, and most preferably ⁇ 500nm to -lO ⁇ ni in diameter) formed from materials that are biodegradable and non-toxic ⁇ e.g. a poly( ⁇ -hydroxy acid), a polyhydroxybutyric acid, a polyorthoester, a polyanhydride, a polycaprolactone, etc.), with polyOactide-co-glycolide) being preferred, optionally treated to have a negatively-charged surface ⁇ e.g. with SDS) or a positively-charged surface ⁇ e.g. with a cationic detergent, such as CTAB).
  • a negatively-charged surface ⁇ e.g. with SDS
  • a positively-charged surface ⁇ e.g. with a cationic detergent, such as CTAB
  • Liposomes Chopers 13 & 14 of ref. 118. Examples of liposome formulations suitable for use as adjuvants are described in refs. 95-97. • Polyoxyethylene ethers and polyoxyethylene esters [98]. Such formulations further include polyoxyethylene sorbitan ester surfactants in combination with an octoxynol [99] as well as polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers or ester surfactants in combination with at least one additional non-ionic surfactant such as an octoxynol [100].
  • Preferred polyoxyethylene ethers are selected from the following group: polyoxyethylene-9-lauryl ether (laureth 9), polyoxyethylene-9-steoryl ether, polyoxytheylene-8-steoryl ether, polyoxyethylene-4-lauryl ether, polyoxyethylene-35-lauryl ether, and polyoxyethylene-23-lauryl ether.
  • Muramyl peptides such as N-acetylmuramyl-L-threonyl-D-isoglutamine (“thr-MDP"), N-acetyl-normuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (nor-MDP), N-acetylglucsaminyl-N- acetylmuramyl-L-Al-D-isoglu-L-Ala-dipalmitoxy propylamide ("DTP-DPP", or "TheramideTM), N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-L-alanine-2-(l '-2'dipalmitoyl- sn-glycero-3-hydroxyphosphoryloxy)-ethylamine (“MTP-PE").
  • thr-MDP N-acetylmuramyl-L-threonyl-D-isoglutamine
  • An outer membrane protein proteosome preparation prepared from a first Gram-negative bacterium in combination with a liposaccharide preparation derived from a second Gram-negative bacterium, wherein the outer membrane protein proteosome and liposaccharide preparations form a stable non-covalent adjuvant complex.
  • complexes include "IVX-908", a complex comprised of Neisseria meningitidis outer membrane and lipopolysaccharides. They have been used as adjuvants for influenza vaccines [101]. ' Methyl inosine 5 '-monophosphate (“MIMP”) [102].
  • R is selected from the group comprising hydrogen, straight or branched, unsubstituted or substituted, saturated or unsaturated acyl, alkyl (e.g. cycloalkyl), alkenyl, alkynyl and aryl groups, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof.
  • alkyl e.g. cycloalkyl
  • alkenyl alkynyl and aryl groups
  • pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof examples include, but are not limited to: casuarine, casuarine-6- ⁇ -D-glucopyranose, 3-epz-casuarine, 7-ep/-casuarine, 3,7-diep/-casuarine, etc.
  • a formulation of a cationic lipid and a (usually neutral) co-lipid such as aminopropyl- dimethyl-myristoleyloxy-propanaminium bromide-diphytanoylphosphatidyl-ethanolamine ("VaxfectinTM”) or aminopropyl-dimethyl-bis-dodecyloxy-propanaminium bromide- dioleoylphosphatidyl-ethanolamine (“GAP-DLRIE:DOPE”).
  • Formulations containing (+)-N- (3-aminopropyl)-N,N-dimethyl-2,3-bis(syn-9-tetradeceneyloxy)-l-propanaminium salts are preferred [105].
  • a CDId ligand such as an ⁇ -glycosylceramide [106-113] (e.g. ⁇ -galactosylceramide), phytosphingosine-containing ⁇ -glycosylceramides, OCH, KRN7000 [(2S,3S,4R)-l-O-( ⁇ -D- galactopyranosyl)-2-(N-hexacosanoylamino)-l,3,4-octadecanetriol], CRONY-101, 3"-O- sulfo-galactosylceramide, etc. etc.
  • ⁇ -glycosylceramide e.g. ⁇ -galactosylceramide
  • phytosphingosine-containing ⁇ -glycosylceramides OCH
  • KRN7000 [(2S,3S,4R)-l-O-( ⁇ -D- galactopyranosyl)-2-(N-hexacosano
  • Compositions may include two or more of said adjuvants.
  • they may advantageously include both an oil-in-water emulsion and a cytokine-inducing agent, as this combination improves the cytokine responses elicited by influenza vaccines, such as the interferon- ⁇ response, with the improvement being much greater than seen when either the emulsion or the agent is used on its own.
  • Oil-in-water emulsions have been found to be particularly suitable for use in adjuvanting influenza virus vaccines.
  • Various such emulsions are known, and they typically include at least one oil and at least one surfactant, with the oil(s) and surfactant(s) being biodegradable (metabolisable) and biocompatible.
  • the oil droplets in the emulsion are generally less than 5 ⁇ m in diameter, and may even have a sub-micron diameter, with these small sizes being achieved with a microfluidiser to provide stable emulsions. Droplets with a size less than 220nm are preferred as they can be subjected to filter sterilization.
  • the MF59 oil-in-water emulsion has been described for use as an adjuvant for egg-derived influenza vaccines [114], as in the FLUADTM product, but the vaccines of the invention can be used more widely in the general population than the FLUADTM product as they avoid the risk of sensitization to egg proteins, such as ovalbumin and ovomucoid.
  • the invention can be used with oils such as those from an animal (such as fish) or vegetable source.
  • Sources for vegetable oils include nuts, seeds and grains. Peanut oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, and olive oil, the most commonly available, exemplify the nut oils.
  • Jojoba oil can be used e.g. obtained from the jojoba bean. Seed oils include saffiower oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower seed oil, sesame seed oil and the like. In the grain group, corn oil is the most readily available, but the oil of other cereal grains such as wheat, oats, rye, rice, teff, triticale and the like may also be used.
  • 6-10 carbon fatty acid esters of glycerol and 1,2-propanediol may be prepared by hydrolysis, separation and esterification of the appropriate materials starting from the nut and seed oils.
  • Fats and oils from mammalian milk are metabolizable and may therefore be used in the practice of this invention.
  • the procedures for separation, purification, saponification and other means necessary for obtaining pure oils from animal sources are well known in the art.
  • Most fish contain metabolizable oils which may be readily recovered. For example, cod liver oil, shark liver oils, and whale oil such as spermaceti exemplify several of the fish oils which may be used herein.
  • a number of branched chain oils are synthesized biochemically in 5-carbon isoprene units and are generally referred to as terpenoids.
  • Shark liver oil contains a branched, unsaturated terpenoids known as squalene, 2,6,10,15, 19,23-hexamethyl-2,6,10,14,18,22-tetracosahexaene, which is particularly preferred herein.
  • Squalane the saturated analog to squalene
  • Fish oils, including squalene and squalane are readily available from commercial sources or may be obtained by methods known in the art. Other preferred oils are the tocopherols (see below). Mixtures of oils can be used.
  • Surfactants can be classified by their ⁇ LB' (hydrophile/lipophile balance). Preferred surfactants of the invention have a HLB of at least 10, preferably at least 15, and more preferably at least 16.
  • the invention can be used with surfactants including, but not limited to: the polyoxyethylene sorbitan esters surfactants (commonly referred to as the Tweens), especially polysorbate 20 and polysorbate 80; copolymers of ethylene oxide (EO), propylene oxide (PO), and/or butylene oxide (BO), sold under the DO WF AXTM tradename, such as linear EO/PO block copolymers; octoxynols, which can vary in the number of repeating ethoxy (oxy-l,2-ethanediyl) groups, with octoxynol-9 (Triton X-100, or t-octylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol) being of particular interest; (octylphenoxy)polyeth
  • Non-ionic surfactants are preferred.
  • Preferred surfactants for including in the emulsion are Tween 80 (polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate), Span 85 (sorbitan trioleate), lecithin and Triton X-100. Mixtures of surfactants can be used e.g. Tween 80/Span 85 mixtures.
  • a combination of a polyoxyethylene sorbitan ester such as polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and an octoxynol such as t-octylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol (Triton X-100) is also suitable.
  • Another useful combination comprises laureth 9 plus a polyoxyethylene sorbitan ester and/or an octoxynol.
  • Preferred amounts of surfactants are: polyoxyethylene sorbitan esters (such as Tween 80) 0.01 to 1%, in particular about 0.1 %; octyl- or nonylphenoxy polyoxyethanols (such as Triton X-100, or other detergents in the Triton series) 0.001 to 0.1 %, in particular 0.005 to 0.02%; polyoxyethylene ethers (such as laureth 9) 0.1 to 20 %, preferably 0.1 to 10 % and in particular 0.1 to 1 % or about 0.5%.
  • polyoxyethylene sorbitan esters such as Tween 80
  • octyl- or nonylphenoxy polyoxyethanols such as Triton X-100, or other detergents in the Triton series
  • polyoxyethylene ethers such as laureth 9
  • Specific oil-in-water emulsion adjuvants useful with the invention include, but are not limited to: • A submicron emulsion of squalene, Tween 80, and Span 85.
  • the composition of the emulsion by volume can be about 5% squalene, about 0.5% polysorbate 80 and about 0.5% Span 85. In weight terms, these ratios become 4.3% squalene, 0.5% polysorbate 80 and 0.48% Span 85.
  • This adjuvant is known as 'MF59' [115-117], as described in more detail in Chapter 10 of ref. 118 and chapter 12 of ref. 119.
  • the MF59 emulsion advantageously includes citrate ions e.g. 1OmM sodium citrate buffer.
  • An emulsion of squalene, a tocopherol, and Tween 80 may include phosphate buffered saline. It may also include Span 85 (e.g. at 1%) and/or lecithin. These emulsions may have from 2 to 10% squalene, from 2 to 10% tocopherol and from 0.3 to 3% Tween 80, and the weight ratio of squalene tocopherol is preferably ⁇ 1 as this provides a more stable emulsion. Squalene and Tween 80 may be present volume ratio of about 5:2.
  • One such emulsion can be made by dissolving Tween 80 in PBS to give a 2% solution, then mixing 90ml of this solution with a mixture of (5g of DL- ⁇ -tocopherol and 5ml squalene), then microfluidising the mixture.
  • the resulting emulsion may have submicron oil droplets e.g. with an average diameter of between 100 and 250nm, preferably about 180nm.
  • An emulsion of squalene, a tocopherol, and a Triton detergent e.g. Triton X-100.
  • the emulsion may also include a 3d-MPL.
  • the emulsion may contain a phosphate buffer.
  • An emulsion comprising a polysorbate (e.g. polysorbate 80), a Triton detergent (e.g. Triton X-100) and a tocopherol (e.g. an ⁇ -tocopherol succinate).
  • the emulsion may include these three components at a mass ratio of about 75:11:10 (e.g. 750 ⁇ g/ml polysorbate 80, HO ⁇ g/ml Triton X-100 and lOO ⁇ g/ml ⁇ -tocopherol succinate), and these concentrations should include any contribution of these components from antigens.
  • the emulsion may also include squalene.
  • the emulsion may also include a 3d-MPL.
  • the aqueous phase may contain a phosphate buffer.
  • An emulsion of squalane, polysorbate 80 and poloxamer 401 ("PluronicTM Ll 21").
  • the emulsion can be formulated in phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4. This emulsion is a useful delivery vehicle for muramyl dipeptides, and has been used with threonyl-MDP in the
  • SAF-I adjuvant [120] (0.05-1% Thr-MDP, 5% squalane, 2.5% Pluronic L121 and 0.2% polysorbate 80). It can also be used without the Thr-MDP, as in the "AF" adjuvant [121] (5% squalane, 1.25% Pluronic L121 and 0.2% polysorbate 80). Microfluidisation is preferred.
  • An emulsion having from 0.5-50% of an oil, 0.1-10% of a phospholipid, and 0.05-5% of a non-ionic surfactant.
  • preferred phospholipid components are phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidic acid, sphingomyelin and cardiolipin. Submicron droplet sizes are advantageous.
  • Additives may be included, such as QuilA saponin, cholesterol, a saponin-lipophile conjugate (such as GPI-0100, described in reference 123, produced by addition of aliphatic amine to desacylsaponin via the carboxyl group of glucuronic acid), dimethyidioctadecylammonium bromide and/or N,N-dioctadecyl- N,N-bis (2-hydroxyethyl)propanediamine.
  • An emulsion in which a saponin (e.g. QuilA or QS21) and a sterol (e.g. a cholesterol) are associated as helical micelles [124].
  • An emulsion comprising a mineral oil, a non-ionic lipophilic ethoxylated fatty alcohol, and a non-ionic hydrophilic surfactant (e.g. an ethoxylated fatty alcohol and/or polyoxyethylene- polyoxypropylene block copolymer) [125].
  • An emulsion comprising a mineral oil, a non-ionic hydrophilic ethoxylated fatty alcohol, and a non-ionic lipophilic surfactant (e.g. an ethoxylated fatty alcohol and/or polyoxyethylene- polyoxypropylene block copolymer) [125].
  • the emulsions are preferably mixed with antigen extemporaneously, at the time of delivery.
  • the adjuvant and antigen are typically kept separately in a packaged or distributed vaccine, ready for final formulation at the time of use.
  • the antigen will generally be in an aqueous form, such that the vaccine is finally prepared by mixing two liquids.
  • the volume ratio of the two liquids for mixing can vary (e.g. between 5:1 and 1:5) but is generally about 1:1.
  • haemagglutinin antigen will generally remain in aqueous solution but may distribute itself around the oil/water interface. In general, little if any haemagglutinin will enter the oil phase of the emulsion.
  • a composition includes a tocopherol
  • any of the ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ or ⁇ tocopherols can be used, but ⁇ -tocopherols are preferred.
  • the tocopherol can take several forms e.g. different salts and/or isomers. Salts include organic salts, such as succinate, acetate, nicotinate, etc. D- ⁇ -tocopherol and DL- ⁇ -tocopherol can both be used.
  • Tocopherols are advantageously included in vaccines for use in elderly patients ⁇ e.g. aged 60 years or older) because vitamin E has been reported to have a positive effect on the immune response in this patient group [126] and a significant impact on the expression of genes involved in the Thl/Th2 balance [127]. They also have antioxidant properties that may help to stabilize the emulsions [128].
  • a preferred ⁇ -tocopherol is DL- ⁇ -tocopherol, and the preferred salt of this tocopherol is the succinate.
  • the succinate salt has been found to cooperate with TNF-related ligands in vivo.
  • ⁇ -tocopherol succinate is known to be compatible with influenza vaccines and to be a useful preservative as an alternative to mercurial compounds [17].
  • Cytokine-inducing agents for inclusion in compositions of the invention are able, when administered to a patient, to elicit the immune system to release cytokines, including interferons and interleukins. Cytokine responses are known to be involved in the early and decisive stages of host defense against influenza infection [129] .Preferred agents can elicit the release of one or more of: interferon- ⁇ ; interleukin-1; interleukin-2; interleukin-12; TNF- ⁇ ; TNF- ⁇ ; and GM-CSF. Preferred agents elicit the release of cytokines associated with a ThI -type immune response e.g. interferon- ⁇ , TNF- ⁇ , interleukin-2. Stimulation of both interferon- ⁇ and interleukin-2 is preferred. Egg-derived influenza vaccines have been reported to elicit higher interferon ⁇ and ⁇ responses than MDCK- or Vero- derived influenza vaccines [130].
  • a patient will have T cells that, when stimulated with an influenza antigen, will release the desired cytokine(s) in an antigen-specific manner.
  • T cells purified form their blood will release ⁇ -interferon when exposed in vitro to influenza virus haemagglutinin.
  • Methods for measuring such responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are known in the art, and include ELISA, ELISPOT, flow-cytometry and real-time PCR.
  • reference 131 reports a study in which antigen-specific T cell-mediated immune responses against tetanus toxoid, specifically ⁇ -interferon responses, were monitored, and found that ELISPOT was the most sensitive method to discriminate antigen-specific TT-induced responses from spontaneous responses, but that intracytoplasmic cytokine detection by flow cytometry was the most efficient method to detect re-stimulating effects.
  • Suitable cytokine-inducing agents include, but are not limited to:
  • An immunostimulatory oligonucleotide such as one containing a CpG motif (a dinucleotide sequence containing an unmethylated cytosine linked by a phosphate bond to a guanosine), or a double-stranded RNA, or an oligonucleotide containing a palindromic sequence, or an oligonucleotide containing a poly(dG) sequence.
  • 3-O-deacylated monophosphoryl lipid A ('3dMPL', also known as 'MPLTM') [132-135].
  • An imidazoquinoline compound such as Imiquimod (“R-837”) [136,137], Resiquimod (“R-848”) [138], and their analogs; and salts thereof (e.g. the hydrochloride salts). Further details about immunostimulatory imidazoquinolines can be found in references 139 to 143.
  • a thiosemicarbazone compound such as those disclosed in reference 144. Methods of formulating, manufacturing, and screening for active compounds are also described in reference 144.
  • the thiosemicarbazones are particularly effective in the stimulation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for the production of cytokines, such as TNF- ⁇ .
  • a tryptanthrin compound such as those disclosed in reference 145.
  • Methods of formulating, manufacturing, and screening for active compounds are also described in reference 145.
  • the thiosemicarbazones are particularly effective in the stimulation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells for the production of cytokines, such as TNF- ⁇ .
  • a nucleoside analog such as: (a) Isatorabine (ANA-245; 7-thia-8-oxoguanosine):
  • R 1 and R 2 are each independently H, halo, -NR a R b , -OH, Ci -6 alkoxy, substituted C 1-6 alkoxy, heterocyclyl, substituted heterocyclyl, C 6-10 aryl, substituted C 6-1 O aryl, C 1-6 alkyl, or substituted C 1-6 alkyl;
  • R 3 is absent, H, C 1-6 alkyl, substituted C 1-6 alkyl, C 6-J0 aryl, substituted C 6- I 0 aryl, heterocyclyl, or substituted heterocyclyl;
  • R 4 and R 5 are each independently H, halo, heterocyclyl, substituted heterocyclyl, -C(O)-R d , C 1-6 alkyl, substituted C 1-6 alkyl, or bound together to form a 5 membered ring as in R 4-5 : the binding being achieved at the bonds indicated by a ⁇
  • X 1 and X 2 are each independently N, C, O, or S;
  • R 8 is H, halo, -OH, C 1-6 alkyl, C 2-6 alkenyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, -OH, -NR 3 R b , -(CHs) n -O-R 0 , -0-(C 1-6 alkyl), -S(O) P R 3 , or -C(O)-R 1 ;
  • Rg is H, C 1-6 alkyl, substituted C 1-6 alkyl, heterocyclyl, substituted heterocyclyl or Rg a , wherein Rc ⁇ a is:
  • Compounds disclosed in reference 150 including: Acylpiperazine compounds, Indoledione compounds, Tetrahydraisoquinoline (THIQ) compounds, Benzocyclodione compounds, Aminoazavinyl compounds, Aminobenzimidazole quinolinone (ABIQ) compounds [151,152], Hydrapthalamide compounds, Benzophenone compounds, Isoxazole compounds, Sterol compounds, Quinazilinone compounds, Pyrrole compounds [153], Anthraquinone compounds, Quinoxaline compounds, Triazine compounds, Pyrazalopyrimidine compounds, and Benzazole compounds [154].
  • a polyoxidonium polymer [155,156] or other N-oxidized polyethylene-piperazine derivative Compounds disclosed in reference 157.
  • An aminoalkyl glucosaminide phosphate derivative such as RC-529 [159,160].
  • a phosphazene such as poly[di(carboxylatophenoxy)phosphazene] ("PCPP") as described, for example, in references 161 and 162.
  • PCPP poly[di(carboxylatophenoxy)phosphazene]
  • SIPs Small molecule immunopotentiators
  • the cytokine-inducing agents for use in the present invention may be modulators and/or agonists of Toll-Like Receptors (TLR).
  • TLR Toll-Like Receptors
  • they may be agonists of one or more of the human TLRl, TLR2, TLR3, TLR4, TLR7, TLR8, and/or TLR9 proteins.
  • cytokine-inducing agent can be added to the composition at various stages during its production. For example, it may be within an antigen composition, and this mixture can then be added to an oil-in-water emulsion. As an alternative, it may be within an oil-in-water emulsion, in which case the agent can either be added to the emulsion components before emulsification, or it can be added to the emulsion after emulsification. Similarly, the agent may be coacervated within the emulsion droplets.
  • the location and distribution of the cytokine-inducing agent within the final composition will depend on its hydrophilic/lipophilic properties e.g. the agent can be located in the aqueous phase, in the oil phase, and/or at the oil-water interface.
  • the cytokine-inducing agent can be conjugated to a separate agent, such as an antigen (e.g. CRM197).
  • a separate agent such as an antigen (e.g. CRM197).
  • an antigen e.g. CRM197
  • the adjuvants may be non-covalently associated with additional agents, such as by way of hydrophobic or ionic interactions.
  • Two preferred cytokine-inducing agents are (a) immunostimulatory oligonucleotides and (b) 3dMPL.
  • Immunostimulatory oligonucleotides can include nucleotide modifications/analogs such as phosphorothioate modifications and can be double-stranded or (except for RNA) single-stranded.
  • References 166, 167 and 168 disclose possible analog substitutions e.g. replacement of guanosine with 2'-deoxy-7-deazaguanosine.
  • the adjuvant effect of CpG oligonucleotides is further discussed in refs. 169-174.
  • a CpG sequence may be directed to TLR9, such as the motif GTCGTT or TTCGTT [175].
  • the CpG sequence may be specific for inducing a ThI immune response, such as a CpG-A ODN (oligodeoxynucleotide), or it may be more specific for inducing a B cell response, such a CpG- B ODN.
  • CpG-A and CpG-B ODNs are discussed in refs. 176-178.
  • the CpG is a CpG-A ODN.
  • the CpG oligonucleotide is constructed so that the 5' end is accessible for receptor recognition.
  • two CpG oligonucleotide sequences may be attached at their 3' ends to form "immunomers". See, for example, references 175 & 179-181.
  • a useful CpG adjuvant is CpG7909, also known as ProMuneTM (Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc.).
  • TpG sequences can be used [182]. These oligonucleotides may be free from unmethylated CpG motifs.
  • the immunostimulatory oligonucleotide may be pyrimidine-rich.
  • it may comprise more than one consecutive thymidine nucleotide ⁇ e.g. TTTT, as disclosed in ref. 182), and/or it may have a nucleotide composition with >25% thymidine (e.g. >35%, >40%, >50%, >60%, >80%, etc.).
  • it may comprise more than one consecutive cytosine nucleotide (e.g. CCCC, as disclosed in ref. 182), and/or it may have a nucleotide composition with >25% cytosine (e.g. >35%, >40%, >50%, >60%, >80%, etc.).
  • These oligonucleotides may be free from unmethylated CpG motifs.
  • Immunostimulatory oligonucleotides will typically comprise at least 20 nucleotides. They may comprise fewer than 100 nucleotides.
  • 3dMPL (also known as 3 de-O-acylated monophosphoryl lipid A or 3-O-desacyl-4'-monophosphoryl lipid A) is an adjuvant in which position 3 of the reducing end glucosamine in monophosphoryl lipid A has been de-acylated.
  • 3dMPL has been prepared from a heptoseless mutant of Salmonella minnesota, and is chemically similar to lipid A but lacks an acid-labile phosphoryl group and a base- labile acyl group. It activates cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage and stimulates release of several cytokines, including IL-I, IL-12, TNF- ⁇ and GM-CSF (see also ref. 183). Preparation of 3dMPL was originally described in reference 184.
  • 3dMPL can take the form of a mixture of related molecules, varying by their acylation (e.g. having 3, 4, 5 or 6 acyl chains, which may be of different lengths).
  • the two glucosamine (also known as 2-deoxy-2-amino-glucose) monosaccharides are N-acylated at their 2-position carbons (i.e. at positions 2 and 2'), and there is also O-acylation at the 3' position.
  • the group attached to carbon 2 has formula -NH-CO-CH 2 -CR 1 R 1 '.
  • the group attached to carbon 2' has fo ⁇ nula -NH-CO-CH 2 -CR 2 R 2' .
  • the group attached to carbon 3' has formula -0-CO-CH 2 -CR 3 R 3 .
  • a representative structure is:
  • Groups R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently -(CHb) n -CHs.
  • the value of n is preferably between 8 and 16, more preferably between 9 and 12, and is most preferably 10.
  • Groups R r , R 2' and R 3' can each independently be: (a) -H; (b) -OH; or (c) -O-CO-R 4 ,where R 4 is either -H or -(CH 2 ) m -CH3, wherein the value of m is preferably between 8 and 16, and is more preferably 10, 12 or 14. At the 2 position, m is preferably 14. At the 2' position, m is preferably 10. At the 3' position, m is preferably 12.
  • Groups R 1 , R 2 and R 3' are thus preferably -O-acyl groups from dodecanoic acid, tetradecanoic acid or hexadecanoic acid.
  • the 3dMPL has only 3 acyl chains (one on each of positions 2, 2' and 3').
  • the 3dMPL can have 4 acyl chains.
  • the 3dMPL can have 5 acyl chains.
  • the 3dMPL can have 6 acyl chains.
  • the 3dMPL adjuvant used according to the invention can be a mixture of these forms, with from 3 to 6 acyl chains, but it is preferred to include 3dMPL with 6 acyl chains in the mixture, and in particular to ensure that the hexaacyl chain form makes up at least 10% by weight of the total 3dMPL e.g. >20%, >30%, >40%, >50% or more. 3dMPL with 6 acyl chains has been found to be the most adjuvant-active form.
  • 3dMPL for inclusion in compositions of the invention is:
  • references to amounts or concentrations of 3dMPL in compositions of the invention refer to the combined 3dMPL species in the mixture.
  • 3dMPL can form micellar aggregates or particles with different sizes e.g. with a diameter ⁇ 150nm or >500nm. Either or both of these can be used with the invention, and the better particles can be selected by routine assay. Smaller particles (e.g. small enough to give a clear aqueous suspension of 3dMPL) are preferred for use according to the invention because of their superior activity [185]. Preferred particles have a mean diameter less than 220nm, more preferably less than 200nm or less than 150nm or less than 120nm, and can even have a mean diameter less than lOOnm. In most cases, however, the mean diameter will not be lower than 50nm.
  • Particle diameter can be assessed by the routine technique of dynamic light scattering, which reveals a mean particle diameter. Where a particle is said to have a diameter of x nm, there will generally be a distribution of particles about this mean, but at least 50% by number (e.g. >60%, >70%, >80%, >90%, or more) of the particles will have a diameter within the range x+25%.
  • 3dMPL can advantageously be used in combination with an oil-in-water emulsion. Substantially all of the 3dMPL may be located in the aqueous phase of the emulsion.
  • a typical amount of 3dMPL in a vaccine is 10-100 ⁇ g/dose e.g. about 25 ⁇ g or about 50 ⁇ g.
  • the 3dMPL can be used on its own, or in combination with one or more further compounds.
  • 3dMPL in combination with the QS21 saponin [186] (including in an oil-in-water emulsion [187]), with an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide, with both QS21 and an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide, with aluminum phosphate [188], with aluminum hydroxide [189], or with both aluminum phosphate and aluminum hydroxide.
  • compositions of the invention are pharmaceutically acceptable. They may include components in addition to the antigen and adjuvant e.g. they typically include one or more pharmaceutical carrier(s) and/or excipient(s). A thorough discussion of such components is available in reference 190.
  • compositions will generally be in aqueous form.
  • the antigen and adjuvant will typically be in admixture.
  • the composition may include preservatives such as thiomersal or 2-phenoxyethanol. It is preferred, however, that the vaccine should be substantially free from (i.e. less than 5 ⁇ g/ml) mercurial material e.g. thiomersal-free [17,191]. Vaccines containing no mercury are more preferred. Preservative-free vaccines are particularly preferred.
  • compositions will generally have an osmolality of between 200 m ⁇ sm/kg and 400 m ⁇ sm/kg, preferably between 240-360 m ⁇ sm/kg, and will more preferably fall within the range of 290-310 m ⁇ sm/kg.
  • Compositions may include one or more buffers.
  • Typical buffers include: a phosphate buffer; a Tris buffer; a borate buffer; a succinate buffer; a histidine buffer (particularly with an aluminum hydroxide adjuvant); or a citrate buffer. Buffers will typically be included in the 5-2OmM range.
  • the pH of a composition will generally be between 5.0 and 8.1, and more typically between 6.0 and 8.0 e.g. 6.5 and 7.5, or between 7.0 and 7.8.
  • a process of the invention may therefore include a step of adjusting the pH of the bulk vaccine prior to packaging.
  • the composition is preferably sterile.
  • the composition is preferably non-pyrogenic e.g. containing ⁇ 1 EU (endotoxin unit, a standard measure) per dose, and preferably ⁇ 0.1 EU per dose.
  • the composition is preferably gluten free.
  • the composition may include material for a single immunisation, or may include material for multiple immunisations (i.e. a 'multidose' kit).
  • a preservative is preferred in multidose arrangements.
  • the compositions may be contained in a container having an aseptic adaptor for removal of material.
  • Influenza vaccines are typically administered in a dosage volume of about 0.5ml, although a half dose (i.e. about 0.25ml) may be administered to children.
  • compositions and kits are preferably stored at between 2°C and 8 0 C. They should not be frozen. They should ideally be kept out of direct light.
  • compositions of the invention may be prepared extemporaneously, at the time of delivery.
  • the invention provides kits including the various components ready for mixing.
  • the kit allows the adjuvant and the antigen to be kept separately until the time of use. This arrangement is particularly useful when using an oil-in- water emulsion adjuvant.
  • the components are physically separate from each other within the kit, and this separation can be achieved in various ways.
  • the two components may be in two separate containers, such as vials.
  • the contents of the two vials can then be mixed e.g. by removing the contents of one vial and adding them to the other vial, or by separately removing the contents of both vials and mixing them in a third container.
  • one of the kit components is in a syringe and the other is in a container such as a vial.
  • the syringe can be used (e.g. with a needle) to insert its contents into the second container for mixing, and the mixture can then be withdrawn into the syringe.
  • the mixed contents of the syringe can then be administered to a patient, typically through a new sterile needle. Packing one component in a syringe eliminates the need for using a separate syringe for patient administration.
  • the two kit components are held together but separately in the same syringe e.g. a dual-chamber syringe, such as those disclosed in references 193-200 etc.
  • a dual-chamber syringe such as those disclosed in references 193-200 etc.
  • the kit components will generally be in aqueous form.
  • a component typically the antigen component rather than the adjuvant component
  • is in dry form e.g. in a lyophilised form
  • the two components can be mixed in order to reactivate the dry component and give an aqueous composition for administration to a patient.
  • a lyophilised component will typically be located within a vial rather than a syringe.
  • Dried components may include stabilizers such as lactose, sucrose or mannitol, as well as mixtures thereof e.g. lactose/sucrose mixtures, sucrose/mannitol mixtures, etc.
  • One possible arrangement uses an aqueous adjuvant component in a pre-filled syringe and a lyophilised antigen component in a vial.
  • Suitable containers for compositions of the invention include vials, syringes (e.g. disposable syringes), nasal sprays, etc.. These containers should be sterile.
  • the vial is preferably made of a glass or plastic material.
  • the vial is preferably sterilized before the composition is added to it.
  • vials are preferably sealed with a latex-free stopper, and the absence of latex in all packaging material is preferred.
  • the vial may include a single dose of vaccine, or it may include more than one dose (a 'multidose' vial) e.g. 10 doses.
  • Preferred vials are made of colorless glass.
  • a vial can have a cap (e.g. a Luer lock) adapted such that a pre-filled syringe can be inserted into the cap, the contents of the syringe can be expelled into the vial (e.g. to reconstitute lyophilised material therein), and the contents of the vial can be removed back into the syringe.
  • a needle can then be attached and the composition can be administered to a patient.
  • the cap is preferably located inside a seal or cover, such that the seal or cover has to be removed before the cap can be accessed.
  • a vial may have a cap that permits aseptic removal of its contents, particularly for multidose vials.
  • the syringe may have a needle attached to it. If a needle is not attached, a separate needle may be supplied with the syringe for assembly and use. Such a needle may be sheathed. Safety needles are preferred. 1-inch 23-gauge, 1-inch 25-gauge and 5/8- inch 25-gauge needles are typical. Syringes may be provided with peel-off labels on which the lot number, influenza season and expiration date of the contents may be printed, to facilitate record keeping.
  • the plunger in the syringe preferably has a stopper to prevent the plunger from being accidentally removed during aspiration.
  • the syringes may have a latex rubber cap and/or plunger.
  • Disposable syringes contain a single dose of vaccine.
  • the syringe will generally have a tip cap to seal the tip prior to attachment of a needle, and the tip cap is preferably made of a butyl rubber. If the syringe and needle are packaged separately then the needle is preferably fitted with a butyl rubber shield.
  • Preferred syringes are those marketed under the trade name "Tip-Lok"TM.
  • Containers may be marked to show a half-dose volume e.g. to facilitate delivery to children.
  • a syringe containing a 0.5ml dose may have a mark showing a 0.25ml volume.
  • kits or composition may be packaged ⁇ e.g. in the same box) with a leaflet including details of the vaccine e.g. instructions for administration, details of the antigens within the vaccine, etc.
  • the instructions may also contain warnings e.g. to keep a solution of adrenaline readily available in case of anaphylactic reaction following vaccination, etc.
  • Methods of treatment, and administration of the vaccine Compositions of the invention are suitable for administration to human patients, and the invention provides a method of raising an immune response in a patient, comprising the step of administering a composition of the invention to the patient.
  • the invention also provides a kit or composition of the invention for use as a medicament.
  • the invention also provides the use of (i) a non-virion influenza virus antigen, prepared from a virus grown in cell culture; and (ii) an adjuvant, in the manufacture of a medicament for raising an immune response in a patient.
  • the immune response raised by these methods and uses will generally include an antibody response, preferably a protective antibody response.
  • Methods for assessing antibody responses, neutralising capability and protection after influenza virus vaccination are well known in the art. Human studies have shown that antibody titers against hemagglutinin of human influenza virus are correlated with protection (a serum sample hemagglutination-inhibition titer of about 30-40 gives around 50% protection from infection by a homologous virus) [201].
  • Antibody responses are typically measured by hemagglutination inhibition, by microneutralisation, by single radial immunodiffusion (SRID), and/or by single radial hemolysis (SRH). These assay techniques are well known in the art. Compositions of the invention can be administered in various ways.
  • the most preferred immunisation route is by intramuscular injection ⁇ e.g. into the arm or leg), but other available routes include subcutaneous injection, intranasal [202-204], oral [205], intradermal [206,207], transcutaneous, transdermal [208], etc.
  • Vaccines prepared according to the invention may be used to treat both children and adults. Influenza vaccines are currently recommended for use in pediatric and adult immunisation, from the age of 6 months. Thus the patient may be less than 1 year old, 1-5 years old, 5-15 years old, 15-55 years old, or at least 55 years old.
  • Preferred patients for receiving the vaccines are the elderly (e.g. >50 years old, >60 years old, and preferably >65 years), the young (e.g. ⁇ 5 years old), hospitalised patients, healthcare workers, armed service and military personnel, pregnant women, the chronically ill, immunodeficient patients, patients who have taken an antiviral compound (e.g.
  • an oseltamivir or zanamivir compound in the 7 days prior to receiving the vaccine, people with egg allergies and people travelling abroad.
  • the vaccines are not suitable solely for these groups, however, and may be used more generally in a population. For pandemic strains, administration to all age groups is preferred. Treatment can be by a single dose schedule or a multiple dose schedule. Multiple doses may be used in a primary immunisation schedule and/or in a booster immunisation schedule. In a multiple dose schedule the various doses may be given by the same or different routes e.g. a parenteral prime and mucosal boost, a mucosal prime and parenteral boost, etc.
  • Administration of more than one dose is particularly useful in immunologically na ⁇ ve patients e.g. for people who have never received an influenza vaccine before, or for vaccinating against a new HA subtype (as in a pandemic outbreak).
  • Multiple doses will typically be administered at least 1 week apart (e.g. about 2 weeks, about 3 weeks, about 4 weeks, about 6 weeks, about 8 weeks, about 10 weeks, about 12 weeks, about 16 weeks, etc.).
  • compositions of the invention satisfy 1, 2 or 3 of the CPMP criteria for efficacy.
  • these criteria are: (1) >70% seroprotection; (2) >40% seroconversion; and/or (3) a GMT increase of >2.5-fold.
  • these criteria are: (1) >60% seroprotection; (2) >30% seroconversion; and/or (3) a GMT increase of >2-fold.
  • Vaccines produced by the invention may be administered to patients at substantially the same time as (e.g. during the same medical consultation or visit to a healthcare professional or vaccination centre) other vaccines e.g. at substantially the same time as a measles vaccine, a mumps vaccine, a rubella vaccine, a MMR vaccine, a varicella vaccine, a MMRV vaccine, a diphtheria vaccine, a tetanus vaccine, a pertussis vaccine, a DTP vaccine, a conjugated H.influenzae type b vaccine, an inactivated poliovirus vaccine, a hepatitis B virus vaccine, a meningococcal conjugate vaccine (such as a tetravalent A-C-W135-Y vaccine), a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, etc.
  • Administration at substantially the same time as a pneumococcal vaccine and/or a meningococcal vaccine is particularly useful
  • vaccines of the invention may be administered to patients at substantially the same time as (e.g. during the same medical consultation or visit to a healthcare professional) an antiviral compound, and in particular an antiviral compound active against influenza virus (e.g. oseltamivir and/or zanamivir).
  • an antiviral compound active against influenza virus e.g. oseltamivir and/or zanamivir.
  • neuraminidase inhibitors such as a (3R,4R,5S)-4- acetylamino-5-amino-3(l-ethylpropoxy)-l-cyclohexene-l-carboxylic acid or 5-(acetylamino)-4- [(aminoiminomethyO-aminoJ ⁇ j ⁇ -anhydro-S ⁇ j S-trideoxy-D-glycero-D-galactonon ⁇ -enonic acid, including esters thereof (e.g. the ethyl esters) and salts thereof (e.g. the phosphate salts).
  • esters thereof e.g. the ethyl esters
  • salts thereof e.g. the phosphate salts
  • a preferred antiviral is (3R,4R,5 S)-4-acetylamino-5 -amino-3 ( 1 -ethylpropoxy)- 1 -cyclohexene- 1 -carboxylic acid, ethyl ester, phosphate (1:1), also known as oseltamivir phosphate (TAMIFLUTM).
  • TAMIFLUTM oseltamivir phosphate
  • composition comprising X may consist exclusively of X or may include something additional e.g. X + Y.
  • a process comprising a step of mixing two or more components does not require any specific order of mixing.
  • components can be mixed in any order. Where there are three components then two components can be combined with each other, and then the combination may be combined with the third component, etc.
  • animal (and particularly bovine) materials are used in the culture of cells, they should be obtained from sources that are free from transmissible spongiform encaphalopathies (TSEs), and in particular free from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Overall, it is preferred to culture cells in the total absence of animal-derived materials. Where a compound is administered to the body as part of a composition then that compound may alternatively be replaced by a suitable prodrug.
  • TSEs transmissible spongiform encaphalopathies
  • BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy
  • a cell substrate is used for reassortment or reverse genetics procedures, it is preferably one that has been approved for use in human vaccine production e.g. as in Ph Eur general chapter 5.2.3.
  • Figure 1 shows the percentage of CD4 + T cells that gave an antigen-specific cytokine response when stimulated by HA.
  • Figures 2 to 4 show the LoglO serum antibody titers (ELISA) for mice immunized with different compositions. Arrows show compositions adjuvanted by the MF59 emulsion.
  • Figure 2 shows the HlNl results;
  • Figure 3 shows H3N2;
  • Figure 4 shows influenza B.
  • Figure 5 shows serum HI titers with different adjuvants.
  • Figure 6 is similar to Figure I 5 and shows the effect of adding CpG to various adjuvants.
  • the left bar of each pair shows the % of cells with an antigen-specific cytokine response; the right bar shows the % of cells which show an antigen-specific interferon- ⁇ response.
  • Figure 7 is similar to Figure 5, and shows HI titers for adjuvants (1) to (4), with (plain, foreground) and without (hatched, background) CpG when using 0.1 ⁇ g antigen.
  • FIG. 8 shows GMTs (AU/ml) for IgG against the H3N2 strain with different adjuvants and combinations.
  • the left bar in each pair shows IgGl; the right shows IgG2a.
  • the scale is logarithmic. MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
  • Influenza virus strains Wyoming H3N2 (A), New-Caledonia HlNl (A) and Jiangsu (B) were separately grown on MDCK cells, thereby avoiding the presence of any egg-derived proteins (specifically ovalbumin) in the final vaccines.
  • a trivalent surface glycoprotein vaccine was prepared and was used to immunize immune-naive Balb/C mice at two doses (0.1 and 1 ⁇ g HA per strain) at days 0 and 28.
  • vaccines were adjuvanted with one of the following: (1) an aluminum hydroxide, used at lmg/ml and including a 5mM histidine buffer; (2) MF59 oil-in-water emulsion with citrate buffer mixed at a 1:1 volume ratio with the antigen solution; (3) calcium phosphate, used at lmg/ml and including a 5mM histidine buffer; (4) microparticles formed from poly(lactide co-glycolide) 50:50 co-polymer composition, intrinsic viscosity 0.4 (TLG'), with adsorbed antigen; (5) a CpG immunostimulatory oligonucleotide with a phosphorothioate backbone; (6) resiquimod; or (7) a negative control
  • Figure 1 shows the number of T cells that release cytokine(s) in an antigen-specific manner after immunization with one of the seven compositions.
  • Each of the six adjuvants increased the T cell responses, but the emulsion-based composition (arrow) gave by far the best enhancement.
  • Figures 2 to 4 show anti-HA ELISA responses. From these Figures, and from similar data in Figure 5, it is again apparent that the emulsion-based composition gave the best responses. The data in Figure 5 also show a good anti-HA response when using an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide.
  • FIG. 6 shows the effect on T cells of adding the CpG oligonucleotide (5) to adjuvants (1) to (4).
  • the emulsion (2) there is little effect on the overall T cell response, but the proportion of interferon- ⁇ secreting cells is much greater, indicating a more THl -like response.
  • a similar effect is seen when CpG is added to calcium phosphate (3), but with an increased overall T cell response. Adding CpG to the aluminum hydroxide adjuvant had no beneficial effect on T cell responses.
  • antigen-specific T cell responses against purified influenza antigens were found to be weak in the absence of adjuvant.
  • adjuvants By adding adjuvants, however, T cell responses could be enhanced.
  • oil-in-water emulsions are excellent adjuvants, both in terms of T cell responses and anti-HA antibodies. By both of these criteria the MF59 emulsion is superior to an aluminum salt adjuvant.
  • EP-A-1260581 (WO01/64846).
  • CVM Veterinary Medicine
  • Vaccine Adjuvants Preparation Methods and Research Protocols (Volume 42 of Methods in Molecular Medicine series). ISBN: 1-59259-083-7. Ed. O'Hagan. [120] Allison & Byars (1992) Res Immunol 143:519-25.
  • RC529 are efficient adjuvants for CD4+ T cells'.

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